Ear muff arrangement



June-8, 1948. H. M. RABUSHKA EAR MUFF ARRANGEMENT Fil'ed May :51, 1946 mw w M N m Y H HrTo RA/EKS.

Patented June 8, 1948 EAR MUFF ARRANGEMENT Hyman M. Rabushka, Clayton,Mo., assignor to Premium Cap Company, St. Louis, Mo., a firm ApplicationMay 31, 1946, Serial No. 673,468

3 Claims. (Cl..2'199) The present invention relates to an ear muffarrangement. More particularly, it relates to an ear muif arrangementfor use upon a cap.

It is an object of the invention to provide an ear muff construction foruse on caps, which will be inexpensive and yet strong and durable inuse. A particular object is to provide a construction that will simplifymanufacturing operations.

It is a particular object of the invention to provide a reenforcing clipcombination for securing an ear muff device to a cap, which will holdthe parts together, permit pivoting of the ear muff to inoperativeposition, and prevent the ear mufi from pulling off the cap.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cap with the ear muff thereon;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fi 1, the same being a verticalsection through the attachment means and the associated parts;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the ear mufi device with the coveringremoved from the ear muff frame;

Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 3, but with the ear muff frame turnedupward to its retracted position;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 6 is a view of the clip used in this construction.

A cap is shown generally at N). This may be any style of cap. Itincludes an outer piece of material H turned under and there united bystitchin i2 with a lining i3 similarly turned under. The foregoingrepresents familiar parts of a cap that is lined, although it willappear, from the description to follow, that the lining is not anessential part of the invention.

A stiffening strip I5 is employed in the cap, and it conventionallyextends around at least the back part of the lower edge of the cap andis secured in the turned under part of the outer material H of the cap,The particular way of securing the stiffening strip is not necessarily apart of this invention.

Ear muffs have heretofore been secured by rivets or similar means tocertain ones or all of the foregoing cap elements. It is particularlysection of the line 5-5 desirable to secure the ear muff to thestiffening strip. However, owing to the fact that such strip is usuallyof fibrous or fabric material, the conventional attachin means are apteither to pull out or to deform the stiffening strip. This difficultyhas been overcome in the present invention by the use of bent metalclip-like members I 6 that preferably have depressed or indentedportions l1 therein, as shown more particularly in Fig. 6. Theoverlapping portions of the clip members are provided with alignedopenings l8 and I9.

The clips are slipped over the edge of the stifiening strip l5 at theproper locations for the ear muffs. This may be done after thestiffening strip is sewed into place, if desired. The ear muff has anattaching element 2| to which the ear muff frame 22 is pivotallyattached. This element 2| is desirably of metal, or the like. It has ahole to receive a rivet 23 that passes through the cap portion H,through the hole It of the clip l6, through the stiffening strip l5, andthen through the other hole [6- of the clip. The rivet has heads outsidethe element 2| and the inner end of the clip [6 to hold the partstogether. The rivet 23 forms a pivot so that the entire car muff may bepivoted from its full line position of Fig. 1 to the dotted lineposition. In this operation, the heads of the rivet 23 bear against themetal supporting member 2| and the inner leg of the bracket is. Thebracket is of such size as to distribute any forces applied to the earmuffs and to prevent such forces from pulling the ear muffs out of thecap or out of the stiffening strip.

In the fabrication of caps, the clips it may be disposed over thestiffening strip at proper points at any time during the fabrication ofthe cap. The detents I! hold them in position until they are securedfinally by the rivets 23. Thus, the assembly of the ear muffs onto thecap is a very simple operation.

What is claimed is:

1. An ear muff arrangement for a cap, or the like, which cap includes anouter coverin portion of fabric, or the like, and an inner strip, areenforcing clip having connected legs formed so that the clip may befitted over the edge of the strip with the legs projecting on oppositefaces of the strip and in contact with said faces, the legs of the cliphaving aligned openings therethrough, an ear muff support, andattachment means rotatably attaching the support onto the cap, theattachment means comprising a rivet-like element extending from the earmuff support through the fabric of the cap, the openings of the clip andthe strip, and having an extending end portion on its inner end engagedwith the inner leg of the clip.

2. An ear muff arrangement for a cap, or the like, which cap includes anouter covering portion of fabric, or the like, and an inner strip, areenforcing clip having connected legs formed so that the clip may befitted over the edge of the strip with the legs projecting on oppositefaces of the strip, the legs of the clip having aligned openingstherethrough, an ear muff support, and attachment means extending fromthe ear mufi support through the cloth of the cap, the openings of theclip and the strip, and engaged with the inner leg of the clip, saidclip having retaining means for engagement with t he strip when it isdisposed thereover.

3. An ear mufi arrangement for a cap, 'orth'e like, which cap includesanouter covering ,por-

tion of fabric, or the likeyand an inner "strip, 'a

reenforcing clip having connected legs formed 'so that the clip may befitted over the edge oftthe strip with the legs projecting on oppositefaces of the strip, the legs of the clip having aligned REFERENQES CETEDThe vfollowing references are or" record in the file of this .patent:

, UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Liederman Dec. 1, 1942

